Heat Wave Scorches US East Coast as Dangerous Temperatures Expand to West
June 23 By Tyler Clifford in New York (Reuters) – More than 100 million people across the U.S. were under heat warnings on Sunday, with cities on the East Coast bracing for record-breaking temperatures as the heat dome causing the dangerous conditions expands to the…
NASA Delays Return of Boeing Starliner for More Technical Checks
June 22 By Joey Roulette and Mrinmay Dey (Reuters) -NASA has further postponed the Boeing Starliner’s return to Earth from the International Space Station with its first crew of astronauts, to allow more time for review of technical issues encountered, the agency said on Friday….
Child hot car death pushes parents who lost daughter to sound alarm about ‘preventable tragedy’
June 17 By Michael Dorgan On the Tuesday after Labor Day weekend 2019, Scott Jones did his usual morning chore of dropping his eldest kids off at school and returning to his Arizona home office to knuckle down to work. Around four hours later, his…
Migrants From Around the World Traverse California Desert to Reach US
June 6 By Adrees Latif and Mary Milliken Propped up against the rusty steel slats of the border wall, migrant families who hours before crossed the U.S.-Mexico border rest under tarps and tents and await Border Patrol officers. Some of the families along this remote…
US Nears Deal to Fund Moderna’s Bird Flu Vaccine Trial, FT Reports
May 30 By Kanjyik Ghosh, Bhanvi Satija and Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru (Reuters) -The U.S. government is nearing an agreement to fund a late-stage trial of Moderna’s mRNA bird flu vaccine, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, as the outbreak spreads in dairy cows. Moderna…
US Gives School Districts $900 Million for Electric School Buses
May 29 By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – The White House on Wednesday unveiled nearly $900 million in awards to 530 school districts to replace thousands of aging, gas-fueled school buses with cleaner, mainly electric models. The funding is the third tranche of $5 billion that…
Gap, Abercrombie Results to Show if Mall Shoppers Are Splurging
May 28 By Savyata Mishra and Juveria Tabassum (Reuters) – Results from U.S. mall-based apparel chains this week will give a clearer picture of whether Americans are splurging on clothes and accessories heading into summer following mixed results from big retailers Walmart and Target. Abercrombie…
Bill Walton, NBA Hall of Famer and Free Spirit, Dead at 71
May 27 By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -Bill Walton, a two-time NBA champion and member of the basketball Hall of Fame, whose brilliant but injury-riddled career led to a second act as a free-spirited broadcaster who waxed philosophical on the air, died on Monday at the…
At Least 14 Dead From Storms in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky
May 26 By Maria Caspani and Steve Gorman (Reuters) -Search teams on Sunday picked through wreckage left by tornado-spawning thunderstorms that swept the U.S. Southern Plains and Ozarks, killing at least 14 people and wrecking hundreds of buildings as forecasters warned of more severe weather…
Explainer-What Does Louisiana’s New Abortion Pill Law Mean for Patients?
May 25 By Ahmed Aboulenein and Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – The Louisiana Senate’s vote on Thursday to reclassify the two drugs used in medication abortion as controlled substances marks the latest development in a nationwide battle over abortion pills. Here is a look at what…